Mop-wringer



W. DEQUEDE.

MOP WRINGER. y APPCATION FILED )UNE 12| 1920.

1,350,791. Patented Aug. 24, 1920.

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Illlnl l Nomin W. DEQUEDE.

MOP WRINGER. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 12. 1920.

Patented Aug. 24, 1920.

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UNETED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM DEQUEDE, OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

MOP-VIRINGER.

Application filed June A12,

To all wlw/n t may Concern.'

Be Yit known that L VILLIAM DnQUnDn, a citizen of Germany, and residingat New Orleans, in the county of Qrleans and State of Louisiana, haveinvented a new and lmproved Mop-ldlringer, of which the 'following is aspeiiication.

'This invention relates to means adapted to be attached to a water pailand which is to grip a mop so that the mop may be twisted to wring outthe water, and its object is to provide a device which shall notobstruct the pail and will not prevent the mop being plunged i'reelyinto the water, which device will iirmly grip the mop when desired, andwhich may be constructed at low cost.

This invention consists, in combination with a supporting mechanismdetaehably mounted on a pail, of a pair oi.l vertical pivots carriedthereby, of curved arms mounted on the pivots, and means to swing thearms toward and from each other.

It also consists of a lever pivoted on the supporting mechanism and aflexible' connector extending therefrom to said arms so that they willbe swung toward eacn other when the lever is actuated.

It also consists of a pin extending through slots in said'arms, to whichpin the flexible connector is attached, whereby the arms may be swungtoward each other, and a springmounted on a supporting iivot to swingthe armsapart.

lt further consists of* the details of con- 'struction illustrated inthe accompanying drawings and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is plan of a pail with my novel mop grippingdevice mounted thereon. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation the eef, the footlever being in section on the line v-Q of Fig. 8. Fig. 3 is a sideelevation thereof, a portion oi the pail being shown broken away toillustrate the securing means. Fig. etis a section on the line 4-4 ofFig. 1.

Similar reference characters refer to like part-s throughout the severalviews.

- In the ordinary types of mop wringers, the mop is gripped between apair of rollers which squeeze out the water when the mop is pulled upbetween them, or a pair of jaws are caused to squeeze the mop to removethe water. ln the present construction, the lower end of the mop isgripped between Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 24, 1920.

i920. serial no. 388,614.

pivoted jaws and the upright handle is then turned to twist the mop andthereby expel the water. As thestresses on the arms are light, thepresent device may be constructed of stampings and light castings and somay be carried around with minimum effort and attached and detached whendesired.

'The pail ma i be oi any desired construction and material and 'thewringing device is secured thereto by means oil the two thin bars 1 and2 which grip the wall 3 of the pail. The lower end of the bar 1 isturned out and preferably has rubber pad secured to it to-engage theiloor. :L small bracket 5 is secured to the bar 1 and carries a pivot Gilor the foot-lever T. lt will be noticed in Fig. 3' that the upper partof the bar l is substantially vertical, which permits the location ofthe roller edge 1l oi" the pail to vary within wide limits and thisdefice to be vused with pails of much less height than tl at shown inthe drawing.

it the upper end of these bars is a yoke '8 having side flanges 9 andwhich supports a shaft 10 for the small rope pulley or idler roller 1Q.A bracket 18 is secured to the up` per end o1 these bars by the rivet14. Spacing blocks 15 are fitted between this bracket and the sideiianges 9 and iit against the bars 1 and 2, and rivets 1G extend throughthe flanges 9, the spacing blocks 15 and the bracket 18 to rigidlysecure the several parts together.

This bracket 13 has four horizontal ears 1T which supportthe verticalpivots 18 on which the spacing sleeves and pairs of arms- 20 are looselymounted, and of which arms any number of pairs may be employed, althoughtwo pairs will usually be found eiliective. These arms are curved andformed with slots 22 intheir inner ends to receive the pin 23 whichextends through these slots in all the arms. rThis pin moves forward andback in a straight line toward and from the roller 12 and moves alonglin the slots 22 as the arms 20 swing in and out on their pivots 18, theslots being of suflicient length ano width to permit free movement ofthe pin.

A small collar 2d at the middle o1"Y this pin receives the upper end ofa vflexible connector 25, such as a cord, wire or chain, which extendsback through a hole 2G in the bars 1 and 2, over the sheave 12 and downto the pin 27 on the lever 7 Any desired type et connection may beemployed between the connector and the pins 23 and 27. A spring 28 ismounted on either or both sleeves 19 with one end in engagement with thebracket 13 and the other end extending into the slot 22 in one of thearms mounted on that sleeve. This spring swings the arms apart to theposition shown in dotted lines in Fig. l.

The arms 2O are normally swung apart so that access to the pail, issubstantially unobstructed. When the lever 7 is depressed, the arms areswung toward the positions indicated in dotted lines in Fig. l, whenthey may iirmly grip the mop between them. As these arms are all atdifferent levels, as shown in Fig. 3, they do not interfere with eachother, and may be swung to grip mops of any dimensions. The lever 7isvheld down as long as may be desired and as this lever may bedepressed by stepping onto it and the mop handle is suiiiciently long,the water can be eifectively removed from the mop by twisting the handlewithout the operator having to stoop or bend over.

The details of this construction and their proportions may all bechanged by those skilled in the Vart without departing from the spiritof my invention as set forth in the following claims.

l. The combination of a bracket, two vertical pivots carried thereby,curved arms mounted thereon at diierent levels so that they may be swungacross between each other, means to support the bracket on a pail, andmeans to swing the arms toward each other.

` 2. The combination of two upright bars and means to secure their upperends together so as to cause the bars to grip the wall of a containerbetween them, a lever mounted on the lower end of the outer bar, a pairof curved arms pivoted at the upper ends of said bars, a spring to holdthe arms separated, and a flexible connecter extending from the arms tosaid lever whereby the arms may be swung toward each other, said armsbeing mounted in different planes so that they will not engage.

3. The combination of two upright bars, one adapted to extend within andthe other without a container, a bracket at the upper ends of said barsand a pair of vertical pivot pins carried by the bracket, curved arms inpairs mounted intermediate their ends on said pivots and having slots intheir inner ends, a vertical pin extending through the slots in saidarms, an idler pulley mounted at the upper ends of said bars, a flexibleconnector .attached to said pin and passing over the pulley, and meansfor actuating the connector.v

4l. The combination of two upright bars, one adapted to extend withinand the other without a container, a bracket at the upper ends of saidbars and a pair of vertical pivot pins carried by the bracket, curvedarms in pairs mounted intermediate their ends on said pivots and havingslots in their inner ends, a vertical pin extending through the slots insaid arms, an idler pulley mounted at the upper ends of said bars, aflexible connector attached to said pin and passing over the pulley, andmeans for actuating the connector comprising a :toot lever pivoted tothe lower end of the bar extending without the container and to whichthe connector is attached.

5. The combination of a bracket, two vertical pivots carried thereby, apair of curved arms mounted intermediate their ends on each of saidpivots all at different levels so that they may be swung toward andbetween each other, said arms having slots in their inner ends,avertical pin mounted in said slots, a spring for holding the armsseparated, and means connecting to the pin to swing the arms toward eachother. Y

WILLIAM DEQUEDE.

